Rediscovering_Discovery_Learning

Rediscovering Discovery Learning In this article it talks about 10 discovery methods that you could implement into the classroom. It goes over each of the 10 methods and gives an example of how they would be used in a certain setting. The article talked about how this discovery could cause a problem for the students. The quote they used in the article was “Discovery methods seemed risky, much like throwing youngsters into the deep end of a swimming pool so they would learn to swim.” As the teacher in the article moved on and tried these methods he found that the methods of teaching were not so complicated or time consuming. The time the children spend on these methods is time well spent. He got very good feedback from the kids and they said that they learned the class information quicker and it stayed with them longer. Teachers use different methods to have a variety in the class, the kids don’t have to sit through the same thing day after day. These methods are used in place of regular direct and frontal teaching; meaning instead of lecturing the teacher uses these methods. The 10 students, kids, methods, class, teacher, questions, problem, different, think, learn, help, subject, student, solving, question, method, example, article, teaching, teachers, something, one, examples, discovery, about, very, out, might, hypothesis, helps, give, exercises, day, ask, answer